Jan 31, 2015

Rik Roberts is professional comic who specializes in helping people just like you be more entertaining and successful on stage. A fundamental of this is knowing how to best connect with your audience.

Whether you have a podcast, a blog, or both, what he says is going to help you!

If you want to connect with your audience in a big way, listen up...

What You’ll Learn:

• This will make you come off a little weird...
• Why Rik doesn't try to connect with certain audiences
• The type of person people don't want to listen to (on stage, on a podcast, or via a blog or book)
• How to deal with hecklers
• Why being "older" is an advantage when connecting with people
• The way to handle an emergency during a live performance
• Crowd control lessons from Paul Stanley of KISS
• The most important element of a comedy show (or any speaking gig)
• A simple trick to better connect with podcast listeners
• What does your audience want from you? Here's one way to find out...
• How to know who is listening to your podcast
• Why "define your avatar" is BS (sort of)
• The hardest way to podcast (and how to do it right)
• Everybody behind a mic (or in front of a crowd) has to watch out for this problem
• How to build trust with a live audience
• When the "rules" hurt you...
• What to do when you show up at an open mic comedy night and you're not a comic
• This will kill an interview!
• How to keep your podcast (or live speech) moving forward
• The "two-question" podcast format
• Why podcasters (and speakers) should focus on writing
• "Less is more" in this situation...

Links To Things We Talk About:

• School of Laughs
• Zig Ziglar

Here's A Way To Connect With People...

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